AUGUST 23, 2010 How States Hide Their Budget Deficits The SEC’s charges against New Jersey for misleading investors should warn other states against sweeping the truth under the rug. By STEVE MALANGA In April, the New York State Comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli, issued a damning report on the Empire State’s financial practices. Albany’s budgets, he observed, […]
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VIRGINIA STOPS THE RED INK WITHOUT A TAX INCREASE
AUGUST 24, 2010 Virginia Is for Surpluses Erasing red ink without a tax increase. Here’s something you don’t see often these days: a government running a budget surplus. Governor Robert McDonnell announced last week that Virginia closed fiscal 2010 some $400 million in the black. That’s a radically improved financial picture from a year ago
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SENATOR RICHARD BURR RECEIVES AWARD FROM THE COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE
Senator Burr Recognized as a Taxpayer Hero Yesterday, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) was recognized as a Taxpayer Hero by the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) for his “willingness to stand up for American taxpayers” during the 111th Congress. Senator Burr received a 92 out of 100 percent in CCAGW’s 2009 Congressional Ratings system.
“THE FLIM-FLAM MAN” –
AUGUST 12, 2010 Washington vs. Paul Ryan What happens when a politician is more honest than his critics. The immune system of the modern body politic is nothing if not resilient, and this summer all of its antibodies seem to be trained on heretofore little known Congressman Paul Ryan. That makes this a particularly instructive
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GOVERNMENT NUMBERS RE MEDICARE ARE NOT TO BE TRUSTED
AUGUST 8, 2010 Richard Foster for President Medicare’s chief actuary vs. President Obama on the ObamaCare facts. There probably isn’t a worse job in Washington than Medicare trustee, unpaid Capitol Hill interns included. Every year the trustees issue the gravest warnings about entitlement spending and at best prompt a moment of brow-furrowing before the political
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CHARLIE RANGEL – THE VOTERS ARE DISGUSTED
WALL STREET JOURNAL AUGUST 5, 2010 The Great Guy Theory of History Charlie Rangel forgot that America’s voters want more than a great guy. By DANIEL HENNINGER We consider today the sad case of Charlie Rangel, the beloved 20-term Congressman from New York City. You’ve probably heard of the Great Man Theory of History. The
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SHIRLEY SHERROD & FRIENDS RECEIVED $13 MILLION FROM GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON EXAMINER Shirley Sherrod’s Disappearing Act: Not So Fast By: Tom Blumer Special to The Examiner 07/20/10 1:52 PM EDT My oh my, that happened quickly. Perhaps too quickly. Until yesterday, Shirley Sherrod was Georgia Director of Rural Development for the USDA. Earlier in the day at Big Government, Andrew Breitbart put up a video that
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PAUL RYAN’S ROADMAP FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Think Big Republicans should embrace Paul Ryan’s Road Map. BY Fred Barnes July 19, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 41 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: As ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, Ryan was able to get the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to run the numbers in his plan. CBO
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WILL REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS LEAD THE WAY BACK TO SOLVENCY?
HAVE WE THE WILL TO CUT SPENDING? by: Cal Thomas Examiner Columnist July 15, 2010 A gloomy picture of the economy was painted last weekend by the co-chairmen of President Obama’s Debt and Deficit Commission when they appeared at the closing session of the National Governors Association meeting in Boston. Former Wyoming Republican Sen. Alan
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GOVERNMENT PORK CREATES A CULTURE OF DEPENDENCY
JULY 10, 2010 Robert Byrd’s Highways to Nowhere Government pork hasn’t made West Virginia prosperous. By BRIAN BOLDUC ‘His heart belonged to you,” President Obama told the hundreds of West Virginians who attended Robert Byrd’s funeral last week. “Making life better here was his only agenda.” Maybe so. But despite the $4 billion in pork
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